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Old 9th Oct 2009, 21:00
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HarryMann
 
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when very light your AOA is high so is your drag,
NO, AoA is LOW!

in level flight yes, but not in descent. May be I am wrong
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XPMortens wing Cdo (wing only, profile drag only) plot looks fine to me...

It is quite possible ( & common even) for a section to have lower drag at a small +ve Cl than at a lower one, or even zero (take the case of heavy simple camber for instance, that won't like a low alpha!)

I'm just questioning the relevance of laminar flow low drag buckets in this context...
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